Re: Michael Dwyer’s

“The Restless Boy”

This tune is only called "Connie O Connell’s" purely by association of his regular, and indeed, fine playing of it.
Michael himself named this tune "The Restless boy". This was heard from Michael’s own mouth, God rest his Soul, when a flute player friend of mine many years ago played the tune in his presence and was unaware of either its provenance or title, Michael , who was sitting beside him, bashfully enlightened him.
Michael’s cousin, herself also a fine whistle player and known to me personally, concurs with the above information.